Send us Fan MailTransform how you build every character you'll ever play. Join a small group of early career actors living as real World War Two codebreakers in the War Project, StandBy's once-every-four-years ten week immersive method acting module. Ten places only. Auditions Saturday 18th July. Apply nowYou leave rehearsal. You go home. And then what?If the honest answer is "I run my lines and hope for the best", this episode is going to change how you work forever.Most early career actors spend hours learning lines between rehearsals, arriving at the next session word-perfect but character-empty. Not because they're lazy. Because nobody ever showed them what real character work actually looks like when there's no director in the room.▶️ In this episode, StandBy Artistic Director and method acting coach Louise reveals how she stumbled across a way of working during her own professional training that embedded characters so deeply into her imagination that she stopped guessing and started knowing, and how that discovery eventually became the Actor's Journal, the exclusive tool she now gives to every actor accepted onto her ten week method acting modules.This is the origin story nobody asked for, and every actor needs to hear.In this episode you'll discover:Why learning lines on rote is quietly killing the authenticity of your performances, and what rote actually means for your actingThe day Louise took her mum to find a character's childhood home, school, and playground, and what that taught her about getting inside a character's inner worldWhy most actors default to line-running between rehearsals and what they should be doing insteadWhat puppet acting is, why it's more common than you think and why Louise refuses to train actors that wayHow the Actor's Journal was born, from messy homework tasks, a production of Oliver Twist and a way of working Louise had been developing since drama school without even realising itWhy a high profile actor told Louise she should pitch the journal to bookshops, and what happened when she tested it on students, coaching clients, and herself on a film setThe one thing Rachel did in her audition prep that made a casting director say they didn't want to audition anyone else for the roleWhether you're preparing for an audition, deep in a production, or somewhere between rehearsals wondering what you're supposed to be doing, this episode will give you a completely new way of thinking about character work.The space between rehearsals isn't empty time. It's where the character actually forms.▶️ Press play and find out how to use it.🎬 About StandBy Method Acting StudioStandBy is a method acting studio for new and early career actors, founded by Artistic Director Louise. Specialising in immersive, character-led method acting training that builds castability, confidence, and creative independence.🔔 Subscribe to Unstoppable Actors for no-fluff method acting insights every weekSupport the showINSTA: @standbymethodactingstudio WEB: standbymethod.comFREE THE ESSENTIAL METHOD ACTING HANDBOOK: http://pages.standbymethod.com/freeactingbook

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